The meeting ended successfully, at least for Alec. Mortimer sat across from him, looking confused about how things had turned out. Alec sneered to himself, not caring about Mortimer's confusion. He got up to leave, but before he did, he needed to make a statement: he was breaking up with Natalia. The relationship they had was just a pretend collaboration to make Mortimer let his guard down while Natalia could stop her parents from matchmaking her. Now that Mortimer was no longer the chairman, Alec didn't need to pretend anymore, and he had to explain it clearly to Jenny."Why did you do this?" Mortimer couldn't hold his tongue and asked as Alec was about to leave. "I don't understand. I'm your father. Why are you opposed to me being the chairman?"Alec found Mortimer's question amusing and looked down at him, saying, "Why? You should ask yourself what you have done."Mortimer asked, "Do you still hate me?"Alec grinned, then fixed his eyes on Mortimer. "Don't you deserve it?"M
In his office, Alec took out his mobile phone and called Natalia."Hello, my dear boyfriend. What can I do for you?" In the middle of a manicure session, Natalia was surprised to receive Alec's call since it was the first one since they made their relationship public.Hearing her call him her boyfriend, Alec wasn't pleased, but he didn't make a big deal out of it. Going straight to the point, he said, "I am going to issue a statement to announce a breakup, and you are going to do the same."Since it was all just business, Alec informed her to make sure they were on the same page.Natalia was taken aback, "Break up? So soon?" They had only publicly announced their relationship two days ago. If they broke up so soon, her parents would be furious.Alec explained, "The issue on my end has been resolved."Frustrated, she asked, "Am I merely a tool to you? You're so ruthless."Alec was displeased. "What do you mean? Didn't we discuss this before?"Natalia clarified, "I didn't know y
When Jenny met Stephanie's parents, both of them had unpleasant expressions on their faces, and it was obvious they never expected that Stephanie was the root of their problems. What surprised them more was that their daughter had taken the initiative to go to her aggressor for their family's sake. Upon knowing that, they were angry and distressed.Stephanie's father, Charles, thanked Jenny for informing them about the situation. "Jenny, thank you for telling us. Otherwise, we would have thought that we somehow miraculously solved all the problems that came out of nowhere," he said with a wry smile.Jenny shook her head. "Let's not talk about that for now. We need to find a way to get Stephanie away from Paul."Charles was torn between his anger toward Paul and his concern for Stephanie's safety. He knew rescuing Stephanie could ruin the Walkers' business, but his daughter's safety was his priority."Jenny, please bring Stephanie to us. We'll take her away. At worst, we'll leave
Natalia was a little embarrassed. She could feel Jenny's hostility, but she understood. After all, she was still Alec's girlfriend in name."I just came to see you," Natalia said with a dry smile. She didn't know why she was there; the whole situation felt absurd.Annoyed, Jenny walked over to open the door. Looking back at Natalia, she said, "Come in and talk." Although she didn't like Natalia much, she hadn't done anything to her. Besides, it wasn't nice to make her talk to her at the door.Natalia didn't refuse and followed Jenny into the house. Seeing Natalia enter, Jenny tried to intimidate her by saying, "You really came in. Aren't you afraid that I'll hurt you?"Natalia was stunned. She hadn't thought about that. Both Jenny and she were girls; she assumed that Jenny wouldn't be a threat.Seeing how unassuming she was, Jenny wondered what Alec liked about her. Was it her identity or status? Jenny pitied Natalia a little. She walked over and poured Natalia a glass of water.
Natalia sensed that things were not as she had expected. Given Jenny's reaction, she appeared to harbor a strong dislike toward Alec."I...I just want to wait a little longer," Natalia said after a while, feeling that things were spiraling out of control."You want to wait?" Jenny frowned, not quite understanding what Natalia meant.Natalia quickly explained, "My parents also know about my relationship with him. They'll think it's my fault if we break up so soon. I don't want them to think that way, so even if we break up, it shouldn't happen so quickly."Jenny listened and began to grasp the situation. Alec and Natalia's relationship was due to Natalia's social status, and both families had met each other."But he insists on breaking up, and you can't stop him," Jenny said calmly.Natalia nodded and responded dejectedly, "His father initially supported my relationship with him, but now it seems he can't do anything about it, so Alec wants to break up with me." She thought Jenny
Alec was busy at the Faust Group when Natalia arrived. Frowning, he asked, "What are you doing here?" He didn't want to be seen with Natalia by the media as they were about to break up, and he didn't want to give them any reason to speculate.Natalia was embarrassed but decided to talk to Alec after witnessing Jenny's behavior toward her earlier that night. "Are you still busy?" she asked as she approached him.Alec was not in the mood to entertain her and asked, "What's the matter?" He viewed their relationship as strictly business, so he didn't see any need to be polite.Nonetheless, Natalia smiled and asked, "After we break up, are you going to make up with Jenny?"Alec's expression changed suddenly, and he glared at her. "Have you been spying on me?"Natalia chuckled nervously. "Do I need to spy on you? Your breakup with Jenny is common knowledge."Alec didn't understand why Natalia was concerned about the topic and said, "What does that have to do with you? If you're rea
Natalia was scared by Alec's angry expression and said, "If there's nothing else, I'll go first. Bye!" She hurriedly left, fearing Alec might harm her if she walked slowly. Though unsure of what had happened, Natalia sensed she had said something wrong and left quickly.Alec was left standing with a headache. Without time to think, he drove to Perry Residence. He wanted to explain to Jenny before the news of their breakup went public tomorrow. Upon reaching Jenny's door at midnight, Alec knocked, feeling that explaining clearly would prevent any misunderstandings from escalating.Jenny was already asleep and unhappy to be woken up by Alec. When she opened the door, Alec started to say, "Jenny—""Mr. Faust, can you check the time? Have you considered that you might be disturbing someone?" She thought Alec was being extremely selfish for not considering her feelings.Alec noticed her sleepy eyes and apologized, "I'm sorry, I just wanted to explain to you—""Explain what?" Jenny cu
"What kind of person am I to you?" Alec asked Jenny. His tone was calm, without anger or emotion. Jenny's brows furrowed. After a moment of thought, she answered, "You're just a big fat liar!"She saw Alec's face turn pale, likely hurt by her words. But could he really blame her? He had told her many lies."Okay, I understand." Alec sighed, nodding lightly. He turned and left. What did he understand?Jenny didn't chase after him to ask what he knew. She just stood there and watched him disappear. For some reason, she felt a trace of pain in her heart.She didn't know how long he had been gone before she closed the door and returned to bed. However, she couldn't sleep a wink. …Christopher anxiously awaited Jenny's arrival at Parrington Airport as the boarding time drew near. He worried that she had changed her mind about going to Bardoff City. Even if she didn't want to know about things related to herself, she still needed to help the Walkers, right?Just as he was about t